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Jean Carmet
Actor · Crew· Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color).
Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
The Cabbage Soup
Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé) · 1981
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend · 1972
Children of Paradise
1945
Gramps Is in the Resistance
André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants · 1983
The Fugitives
Docteur Martin, vétérinaire · 1986
Buffet Froid
Le vieil assassin · 1979
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Maurice Lefebvre · 1974
Germinal
Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort · 1993
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | Film | |
| 1994 | Eugénie Grandet | Père Grandet | Film |
| 1994 | Cache Cash | M. Durandet, vétérinaire en retraite | Film |
| 1994 | B comme Bolo | Bolo | Film |
| 1993 | Germinal | Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort | Film |
| 1992 | Le Bal des casse-pieds | Monsieur Vandubas | Film |
| 1992 | Dispute in Valladolid | Le Légat du Pape | Film |
| 1991 | Thank You, Life | Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé | Film |
| 1991 | The White Queen | Lucien | Film |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle | Drunkard guard | Film |
| 1989 | La Vouivre | Requiem | Film |
| 1988 | Nailcruncher | Scipion | Film |
| 1987 | Miss Mona | Miss Mona | Film |
| 1987 | Sorceress | Vicar | Film |
| 1987 | The Two Crocodiles | Emile Rivereau | Film |
| 1986 | My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister | Jocelyn Bouloire | Film |
| 1986 | Bitter Champagne | Zigou | Film |
| 1986 | The Fugitives | Docteur Martin, vétérinaire | Film |
| 1985 | The Alley Cat | Egon Ratablavasky | Film |
| 1985 | All Mixed Up | Le pharmacien | Film |
| 1984 | Dog Day | Socrate | Film |
| 1984 | Fire on Sight | Inspector Robert Casti | Film |
| 1983 | Pick Up Your Belongings | Joseph Cohen | Film |
| 1983 | Canicule | Film | |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance | André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants | Film |
| 1982 | Les Misérables | Thénardier, innkeeper of Montfermeil | Film |
| 1981 | The Boy Soldier | L'adjudant Chalumot | Film |
| 1981 | Circle of Deceit | Rudnik | Film |
| 1981 | A Business of Men | Kreps | Film |
| 1981 | The Cabbage Soup | Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé) | Film |
| 1980 | The Lady Banker | Duvernet | Film |
| 1979 | Gros câlin | Emile Cousin | Film |
| 1979 | Such a Lovely Town... | Le juge Fernand Noblet | Film |
| 1979 | Buffet Froid | Le vieil assassin | Film |
| 1978 | Sugar | Adrien Courtois | Film |
| 1978 | Violette Nozière | Baptiste Nozière | Film |
| 1977 | Alice or the Last Escapade | Colas | Film |
| 1977 | The Seventh Company Outdoors | M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais | Film |
| 1976 | Black and White in Color | Sergeant Bosselet | Film |
| 1975 | Trop c'est trop | Cameo | Film |
| 1975 | The Common Man | Georges Lajoie | Film |
| 1974 | Kisses Till Monday | Henri-Pierre | Film |
| 1974 | How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby | Antoine Robineau | Film |
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud | Commissioner Bude | Film |
| 1974 | The Down-in-the-Hole Gang | Paul Bourru | Film |
| 1974 | The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir | Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot") | Film |
| 1974 | The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Maurice Lefebvre | Film |
| 1973 | Le Concierge | Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne | Film |
| 1973 | Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full | le père | Film |
| 1972 | She No Longer Talks, She Shoots | 'Jambe de laine' | Film |
| 1972 | The Troubles of Alfred | Paul | Film |
| 1972 | The Annuity | Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël | Film |
| 1972 | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend | Film |
| 1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques | Gégène | Film |
| 1971 | The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow | Staline | Film |
| 1971 | Das Lied der Balalaika | Angelo | Film |
| 1971 | Just Before Nightfall | Jeannot | Film |
| 1970 | She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks | Bartender | Film |
| 1970 | The Novices | Le client au chien | Film |
| 1970 | The Breach | M. Pinelli | Film |
| 1970 | And Soon the Darkness | Renier | Film |
| 1969 | Les gros malins | Tax collector | Film |
| 1969 | L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus | Man who wants to buy the bus (uncredited) | Film |
| 1968 | Very Happy Alexander | 'La Fringale' | Film |
| 1968 | Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese | The superstitious security guard (uncredited) | Film |
| 1967 | Idiot in Paris | Ernest Grafouillères, transporteur de légumes | Film |
| 1966 | Your Money or Your Life | Vicar | Film |
| 1966 | Trap for the Assassin | Tristot | Film |
| 1965 | Cloportes | Effeminate art critic (uncredited) | Film |
| 1965 | How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | Paulo, le complice de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès") | Film |
| 1964 | The Counterfeit Constable | Le porte drapeau | Film |
| 1964 | Les Gorilles | 'La Fauche' | Film |
| 1963 | Any Number Can Win | Bartender | Film |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Le clochard | Film |
| 1962 | The Elusive Corporal | Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier' | Film |
| 1962 | We Will Go to Deauville | Le porteur | Film |
| 1962 | Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge | Le chauffeur | Film |
| 1961 | Vengeance of the Three Musketeers | Planchet | Film |
| 1961 | The American Beauty | Burglar | Film |
| 1961 | The Fighting Musketeers | Planchet | Film |
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